Sex fiends, perverts, and pedophiles understanding sex crime policy in America / [electronic resource] :
Chrysanthi S. Leon.
- New York : New York University Press, 2011.
- x, 253 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Punishment stories -- The sexual psychopath era (1930-1955) -- The era of rehabilatative debate : 1950-1980 -- Sex offender rehabilitation in California from 1950-1980 : how it worked -- The old and the new : sex offender policy in the containment era, 1980-present -- Experts and governance : shifting politics and disappearing strategies -- Chilling effects -- National sex offender punishment trends since 1920.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Sex crimes--United States. Sex offenders--United States. Child molesters--United States.